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@@ -1981,15 +1981,15 @@ list. The default is "local,wkd".
Locate a key using the Web Key Directory protocol.
@item ldap
- Using DNS Service Discovery, check the domain in question for any LDAP
- keyservers to use. If this fails, attempt to locate the key using the
- PGP Universal method of checking @samp{ldap://keys.(thedomain)}.
+ Locate the key using the configured LDAP servers. This method is
+ similar to the @code{keyserver} mechanism but always uses only LDAP
+ servers.
@item ntds
Locate the key using the Active Directory (Windows only). This
method also allows one to search by fingerprint using the command
@option{--locate-external-key}. Note that this mechanism is
- actually a shortcut for the mechanism @samp{keyserver} but using
+ actually a shortcut for the mechanism @samp{ldap} using only
"ldap:///" as the keyserver.
@item keyserver